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Welcome back to another edition of the One Foot Down Recruiting Big Board for Irish Football.
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Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.968 | Porter Gustin | UT | 6-5/240 | Mild | |||||
.956 | Jeffery Holland | FL | 6-2/230 | Cold | |||||
.982 | John Houston | CA | 6-3/211 | Cold | |||||
.993 | Malik Jefferson | TX | 6-2/215 | Cold | |||||
.973 | Osa Masina | UT | 6-4/230 | Cold | |||||
.868 | Arthur McGinnis | LA | 6-2/226 | Cold | |||||
.924 | Adonis Thomas | GA | 6-3/229 | Cold | |||||
The big news about a month ago was the commitment of (LA) Bo Wallace .872 as a much needed pass rushing specialist for the Irish recruiting class. After questions about the wasted effort of recruiting in Louisiana the 2015 class now has verbals from 2 Bayou State athletes.
Notre Dame picked up a commitment from 3-star Louisiana DE Bo Wallace http://t.co/FP5fwdK6yd via @OneFootDown
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) October 13, 2014
Notre Dame was in the early running for (AZ) Cassius Peat .890 but he gave a verbal to the UCLA Bruins in the middle of last month.
UCLA picked up a 3-star prospect from a football family http://t.co/Tcv2USIdBt via @bruinnation pic.twitter.com/siom6Q1iNK
— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) October 14, 2014
Another player the Irish were heavily involved in at one time was (GA) Adonis Thomas .924 who recently left Florida's class and has opened up his recruitment. Thomas recently was invited to the Under Armour All-American Game and has set official visits to LSU and Alabama.
Congrats Thomas Adonis on getting your #UAALLAMERICA jersey and presenting your mom with the Dream Champion Award! pic.twitter.com/3D7gDAnvNH
— American Family (@amfam) November 7, 2014
It's now been 2 months since Porter Gustin took his official visit to Notre Dame. The Utah product was supposed to be in Tempe this past weekend. The favorite USC will be receiving an official visit later this month.
John Houston is another elite player who appears to favor USC. However, he was at the Arizona State game this past weekend as well and will be visiting Miami this weekend in addition to a trip to Los Angeles and Norman later this year. We incorrectly listed Houston as an inside linebacker during last week's Big Board. That leaves zero MLB's that are being recruited by Notre Dame now.
5* LB John Houston to visit ASU for Notre Dame game @HouseofSparky @SBNRecruiting pic.twitter.com/aQjHi6wGvs http://t.co/0mfeSd0g6a
— Pacific Takes (@PacificTakes) November 1, 2014
Texas is trying to keep Malik Jefferson in-state with the Longhorns but they are still in a dog fight. He was at Ohio State recently and visited LSU this past weekend. Jefferson will go to Texas A&M this weekend and was another player to receive his invite to the Under Armour Game.
Malik Jefferson (@Official_MalikJ) with his family. #UAALLAMERICA @PoteetRecruits pic.twitter.com/HXIvNLeriY
— Damon Sayles (@DamonSayles) November 4, 2014
Osa Masina hasn't taken any visits in about a month and cancelled a visit that was planned to Wisconsin. He has an official lined up to USC later this month.
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Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.944 | Frank Buncom IV | CA | 6-1/190 | Mild | |||||
.947 | Holton Hill | TX | 6-2/184 | Cold | |||||
.997 | Iman Marshall | CA | 6-1/190 | Mild | |||||
.991 | Kendall Sheffield | TX | 6-0/181 | Cold | |||||
Tennessee's hot recruiting continues as they picked up (GA) Micah Abernathy .919 back in early October.
#Vols land their fifth @UnderArmour All-American in DB Micah Abernathy http://t.co/I2DjidMDEu pic.twitter.com/l4oCvXY1uD
— Rivals.com (@Rivals) October 10, 2014
The defending champs added to their spoils recently as (FL) Tarvarus McFadden .985 picked the Seminoles 10 days ago. If you don't like the hat game DO NOT WATCH!
CB recruit Tarvarus McFadden changes hat switcharoo game forever: http://t.co/VThNRmfGFB Vine: https://t.co/HDtgxkAkV0 #OoohKillEm
— LostLettermen.com (@LostLettermen) November 1, 2014
A bit of a surprise in early October as (PA) Jordan Whitehead .930 had the experts thinking he'd pick Penn State coming off a visit to Happy Valley but he stayed local and committed to Pittsburgh instead.
Jordan Whitehead's selection of Pitt over Penn State, West Virginia, Ohio State a shocker, writes @AnsonWhaley http://t.co/aJvUdeqDIU
— Cardiac Hill (@PittPantherBlog) October 5, 2014
Recently, California's Frank Buncom was accepted to Stanford. That might be the tipping point that ends up landing him on the Farm.
Senior Frank Buncom (@BeastNamedFrank) has officially been admitted to Stanford University pic.twitter.com/xHEQYTjKfW
— The Augustinian (@STAnewspaper) November 7, 2014
Iman Marshall has said he'll take an official visit to Notre Dame and it could be next weekend for the Louisville game. We'll see if that actually takes place.
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Score | Player | State | Ht/Wt. | Temperature | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* |
.863 | Hunter Dale | LA | 5-11/195 | Mild | |||||
.889 | Ben Edwards | FL | 6-0/196 | Mild | |||||
.891 | Kahlil Haughton | TX | 6-2/175 | Mild | |||||
.962 | DeChaun Holiday | CA | 6-2/195 | Cold | |||||
.833 | Denzel Johnson | SC | 6-2/187 | Cold | |||||
.969 | Marvell Tell | CA | 6-2/175 | Cold | |||||
A month ago Notre Dame offered (GA) Rashad Roundtree .954 but he recently committed to the Georgia Bulldogs with some straight pimpin' attire.
Now THAT'S how you commit RT @RivalsWoody New UGA commit Rashad Roundtree and his custom pants. Fine stitching job. pic.twitter.com/sdfVMG908i
— Rivals.com (@Rivals) November 7, 2014
Notre Dame offered Hunter Dale a couple months ago as they begin the search for one more safety to finish this class. The Irish are hoping he visits next weekend for the Louisville game.
One prospect who is coming for that Louisville game is Ben Edwards from Trinity Christian in Jacksonville. He's already been a member and left Ohio State and Auburn's classes this year so be aware of some flight risk.
Talented Florida safety Ben Edwards (@Ben_Edwards_) has locked in his official visit to #NotreDame. Details: http://t.co/ExvylVDyKf (FREE)
— Tom Loy (@TomLoy247) October 29, 2014
Marvell Tell recently received his U.S. Army All-American invite and will be taking an official to Texas A&M later this month. He's deciding on National Signing Day and is not considering Notre Dame.
Marvell Tell(@marvelltell7) was selected to join an elite group of 2015 All-Americans fhttp://on.scout.com/C54qi pic.twitter.com/Wh6rGHOIqm
— Scout Recruiting (@scoutrecruiting) September 29, 2014
Notre Dame offered Kahlil Haughton back in September and are pursuing him very hard. He was at the Oklahoma-Baylor game this past weekend.
Midway's Kahlil Haughton in Norman to check out OU and Baylor. He's being recruited by both teams. pic.twitter.com/yNEs1qBeSz
— Brian Kaufman (@BrianKWTX) November 8, 2014
Haughton has already been to Nebraska and Arkansas in addition to his trip to Oklahoma. He is planning to visit Texas Tech this weekend which leaves room for one more official visit. The Irish really, really want him to come to South Bend with that final trip.